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Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

Proverbs 8:30

As one brought up with him - i. e., As his foster child. Others take the word in the original in another sense, “I was as his artificer,” a rendering which falls in best with the special point of the whole passage, the creative energy of Wisdom. Compare Wisdom Proverbs 7:21, Proverbs 7:22.

Daily - Heb. “day by day.” As the Creator rejoiced in His workmanship Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, so Wisdom rejoiced in the exuberance of her might and strength.

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  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

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